Aaaack - New VOB BiB now NAS!

[GeeTen]

No more "6 Year" age statement on the neck label or anywhere else on the label!  Boooooo.   

 

 

Edited March 2, 2018 by GeeTen

[jvd99]

That neck label has been morphing for awhile.  It first dropped the age statement and just put a "6" on the neck, which was a bit misleading, and then some time ago dropped the 6 and went to the 100 Proof label.  Still a great budget bottle nevertheless

[Richnimrod]

Yeah, the six-year-old BIB (Age Stated) has been increasingly difficult to find in the last three years.   I haven't seen a single one (in my own area) in about a year.    It's become a true "Dusty". 

On the upside; the NAS 100-proof has still been a consistent pour for very reasonable cheddar.     ...And a SBS I did recently showed a very slight difference between the two labels. 

[flahute]

Gee - this one went away a few years ago. You may have been fooled by the 6 that used to be on the neck label. 

[GeeTen]

4 hours ago, flahute said:

Gee - this one went away a few years ago. You may have been fooled by the 6 that used to be on the neck label. 

 Yeah, it's tough when my eyes don't "open wide".    

 

[Richnimrod]

45 minutes ago, GeeTen said:

 Yeah, it's tough when my eyes don't "open wide".    

 

THAT is sooooo, non-PC.     Are we (you) even allowed to make comments like this in a public forum, Gee? 

[GeeTen]

6 hours ago, Richnimrod said:

THAT is sooooo, non-PC.     Are we (you) even allowed to make comments like this in a public forum, Gee? 

 

Ha ha - I think at least I am (as long as it's all in good fun and bourbon fellowship)!   

 

[cdcdguy]

Even with no age statement, the last bottle I bought is fantastic! I even prefer it over HH6 which I love.

[jvd99]

$11.99 at my LS - NAS or not - it’s a good buy

[Harry in WashDC]

I posted a picture of this and its two prior labels here -

VOB BIB has a new neck label.

By Harry in WashDC, August 9, 2017 in General Bourbon Discussion

 

FWIW, I opened one of my "6 year" bunkered bottles (note - MUST put a damn light back there) by mistake.  Tasted all three.  Marginal difference IMO.

 

[Richnimrod]

9 minutes ago, Harry in WashDC said:

FWIW, I opened one of my "6 year" bunkered bottles (note - MUST put a damn light back there) by mistake.  Tasted all three.  Marginal difference IMO.

 

I had the very same impression(s), Harry.     I wouldn't say I'd have caught any difference at all, unless I had the two SBS.

[Harry in WashDC]

On 3/3/2018 at 8:50 PM, Richnimrod said:

I had the very same impression(s), Harry.     I wouldn't say I'd have caught any difference at all, unless I had the two SBS.

FWIW, I wasn't sure there was a difference - at least one not greater than, say, an OGD BIB from 2015 and one from 2018.  I can say there was less difference between the VOBs than between Bookers releases, and most Bookers fall within a profile for me.  IOW, I've stopped worrying about it re: VOB BIB purchases.

 

EDIT - Keeping a couple, but just a couple, of each label for future comparison purposes just in case.

Edited March 5, 2018 by Harry in WashDC